Folding bedstead



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J. C. HALL & o. o. TANNBR.'

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

Patented Dec. I2O, 188.1.

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UNITED STATES PATENT v OFFICE.

JOHN C. HALL AND CHARLES O. TANNER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,113, dated December 20, 1881.

Application filed November 8, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN C. HALL and CHARLES O.TANNER, both of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in those articles of furniture which on one side are adapted for use as a desk, bookcase, wardrobe, or the like, and which on their other side are capable of conversion into a bed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an article of furniture embodying our invention, the bed being unfolded. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the saine, with the bed folded and the desk unfolded. Fig. 3 represents, in elevation, one-half of the rear of the article, with the bed folded. Fig. 4 represents, in elevation, one-half of the front, the desk being represented open. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line m The article consists externally of an inclosing case or shell whose lower portion or base, A, is of somewhat greater horizontal dimensions from front to rear than is the upper and larger portion, B. This case is provided underneath with casters C.

Extending` athwart the interior of the case from side to side, at the upper portion thereof, is a partition, D, which may serve for attachment of shelves E, accessible through an opening, b, provided with doors F. Another opening, b', may be closed by a flap, G, which, being pivoted, as at g, to the frame, can be lct down, as in Fig. 2, to constitute a convenient desk. The lowermost shelf, E', is purposely so located as to serve as a stop or bearing for the rear edge of the desk Gr, so as to hold it to the desired slope when open, as shown in Fig. 2. A wardrobe, a lavatory, or any other convenience may be substituted for the said appliances E and G, or either ot' them.

The lower portion, A, ofthe case, extending farther rearward than the portion B, presents an offset, a, to which is hinged or pivoted, at

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piece K alfords a place of' attachment for the hinges L ot two folding feet, M, which are held ed condition of the bed, as shown in Figs. 2

and 3. It also, to an appreciable extent, re-

lieves the operator from some of the labor of handling the bed by the counterbalancing effect of said head upon the remaining portion. This location of the hinged attachment is further benefcial in the firm support it affords to that part of the bed which has to sustain the main weight of the occupant.

The under side of the folded bed, being presented toward the rear of the piece of furniture, and consequently out of sight during the day-time, may be constructed in the open manner shown at P in Figs. 3 and 5, which open construction, in conjunction with the open space Q (left free for the sweep of the footboard) and the open space Q below the partition I), insures a sufficient circulation of air to keep the bedding at all times well ventilated.

IVe cla-im herein as new and of our invention- 1. In combination with the case A B, having the rear offset, a, the folding bed J K K', hinged at H at some distance from the bedhead and supported in the unfolded condition by the folding feet M, substantially as set forth.

2; The folding bed J K K', with its inclosing and supporting case A B, so formed and arranged as to leave the open Ventilating-spaces P Q Q', in the manner explained.

In testimony of which invention we hereunto set our hands. n

JOHN C. HALL. CHAS. O. TANN ER. Attest:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, SAML. S. CARPENTER. 

